---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify And Recodify Maine'S Protection From Abuse Statutes"
description: "An Act To Clarify And Recodify Maine'S Protection From Abuse Statutes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1696"
citation: "Maine LD 1696 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABUSE", "PROTECTION FROM ABUSE", "STATUTES AMENDED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna BAILEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-05-10"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9a354bd-5904-49b9-98df-ea056b2ce264"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080827"
source_hash: "d534c5e14f0dbcc3384e0be8e9e8e9aa7a7a39e41ba93ae2e366c6a8e4c3d02c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 1696 (130) — An Act To Clarify And Recodify Maine'S Protection From Abuse Statutes

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0551&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0551&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0551&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Donna BAILEY — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-05-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on May 10, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-19** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302
- **2022-04-07** Reports READ
- **2022-04-07** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2022-04-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2022-04-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-516) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-516) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-07** Reports READ.
- **2022-04-07** On motion of Representative HARNETT of Gardiner, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-516) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2022-04-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-516). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9a354bd-5904-49b9-98df-ea056b2ce264`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).